Apache Railway C424 #99 climbs the last grade before the Catalyst Paper Mill in Snowflake, AZ. This was the last month of operations for the Apache Railway as the line shut down in September 2012.... (more)
Apache railway C424 #99 darkens the sky with characteristic ALCo smoke as it enters Elkins Ranch with the daily train south from Holbrook. The Apache was the last bastion for ALCo diesels in the W... (more)
Apache railway C424 #99 leads the daily train from Holbrook to Snowflake past Milepost 5. This was the last month of operation for the Apache Railway, and I was lucky enough to see large trains st... (more)
C2 0-8-0 #10 of the Jiayang Coal Railway (known as Shibanxi to westerners) blasts up hill through the Sichuan countryside. This pleasant narrow gauge was once paradise for railfans boasting 4 coal... (more)
GE UM12C #4045 leads the Bangkok bound passenger train off of the Wangpho Trestle. This trestle was built by POWs during the Second World War as part of the infamous Death Railway.
GE UM12C #4017 leads the late afternoon mixed train across Wangpho Trestle north of Kanchanaburi, Thailand. This famous wooden trestle was built by British, Australian and American POW's during 19... (more)
UP 844 leads the Arizona/New Mexico Centennial special down Beaumont Hill through San Timoteo Canyon and towards her destination of Colton, CA.
A southbound Apache Railway freight is led by C420 #81 and four other Alcos south to Snowflake, AZ. Today's train rates five units due to a shipment of coal loads to the mill for power.
A southbound BNSF manifest enters Tunnel #2 on Tehachapi Pass led by #4462. This train has just climbed out of Caliente,CA and is in the first section of the formidable pass up to Tehachapi, CA.
Portland & Western Railroad's Astoria line train runs down A Street upon entering the town of Rainier, OR.
The first inbound loaded ore train, symbol OT-1, passes through Tunnel #2 on the way to Hayden, AZ. Hayden is the location of the ASARCO smelter, where the copper ore contained in this train is un... (more)